Plant Based News WEEKLY NEWS Welcome to the New Plant Based News Weekly News Update. Whether you're interested in health, the environment, or video interviews with the biggest names in the vegan world, you will definitely find something to entertain or inspire you. Below are a list of the articles published in the last week! 🌱 European Meat Alternative Market Spikes By 451% In Four Years Published on Feb 13,...

Plant Based News Good Day Lovely People, Over the last few years, film has become a key tool in sharing messages around health, activism, and the environment. Two major cinematic releases during this time were Cowspiracy and What the Health . Now Keegan Kuhn - who played a key role on both of those movies - is back with another must-see flick. Running for Good follows vegan Fiona Oakes - a veteran of more than...

Vegan Jains Svetambar Muni encourages veganism by drjina In the past we posted a Youtube Video of a Digambar muni who recognized the violence in dairy production and consumption. Now the Svetamabar tradition is represented! This muni discusses how our Tirthankars and disciples did drink milk and even broke fasts with kheer, but how our current consumption is cruel and unhealthy. He has been vegan for 6 years...

Vegan Jains Social Validation Bias by drjina Posted on Vegans In India facebook group by Saurabh K. Are non veg eaters really cruel or just suffering from 'Social Validation Bias'? When we first moved to Singapore in 2016, we were looking for a place to rent close to the kids' school. One such trip took us to a leafy condo block with nice low rise apartments and plenty of greenery. The Property Agent, a local...

Plant Based News This week we waved goodbye to 2017 - and welcomed in the New Year. And 2018 looks like it is going to be a positive one for the plant-based movement. More than 135,000 people have signed up for Veganuary so far - making it the charity's biggest year yet. Find out more about this - as well as about the clash the charity had with Piers Morgan - here . There is going to be plenty of tasty vegan...

Plant Based News Some of the top stories This week in plant power Share Tweet Forward What a crazy few days it's been at PBN Towers. Around a week ago, we released our new documentary - Vegan 2017 - and the response has been nothing short of phenomenal. At the time of writing, the film ( which you can find on YouTube ) has had more than 250,000 views - and counting. But the most important thing is that people...

Plant Based News Some of the top stories This Week In Politics, Plant Power and Thanksgiving Share Tweet Forward Hey, hope you had a lovely weekend! Everyone in the world seems to have been talking about animals and their feelings over the last few days. It all started last week when MPs voted against transferring a piece of EU law into domestic law post Brexit. If you want all the information around what has...

Plant Based News Do politicians believe that animals have no feelings or emotions? Maria Chiorando Animal welfare campaigners are worried following the vote (Photo: WeAnimals ) There are lots of headlines around at the moment saying MPs have voted that ‘animals have no feelings or sentience’ - but what exactly have politicians voted for? And what are the implications? The UK Government is currently debating...

Plant Based News Some of the top stories This Week In Plant Power What a great time it is to be writing about plant-based issues - the news just keeps on coming. The last few weeks has a decidedly milky theme. First up, there was a fascinating story about one major dairy company that has seen its profits plummet by a staggering 91 percent recently . It seems like more and more people are turning away cow's...

People have been arguing for vegetarianism for a very long time. The history of animal advocacy stretches back to iron age Greece and India, where voices emerge from prehistory challenging the idea that other animals exist solely for humans. This 15-part series tells the whole story, from antiquity to the present, spanning the world. There are dozens of experts, visits, and dramatic readings. I’ve examined a...